>we are just as smart and articulate as anyone—but the secondary behaviors that manifest themselves with stuttering sometimes make it sound like aren’t. Well said. This feeling, this sense of awareness has played a huge roll in my life. The biggest insecurity I have isn’t my stutter it’s being perceives as incompetent. The journey of self acceptance is one I’ve just recently forced myself to partake in. It’s really uncomfortable at times because it makes me face those feeing and situations in which I wish I could run away and never look back from. All in time I guess.